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An in-depth understanding of physiology is critical to success in medical school. Microbiology and immunology undergraduate courses are highly relevant to medical school curricula. (MIHAJLO MARICIC / EYEEM/ GETTY IMAGES) As a rising senior premed student, you have just one year left before you embark on medical school. While …

Avoid prematurely withdrawing a law school application if you plan to negotiate funding with multiple programs. If you’ve been accepted early decision to law school, you are required to immediately withdraw other applications. (MORSA IMAGES/ GETTY IMAGES) Law school applications are reviewed on a rolling basis, with most decisions …

Global health courses can prepare medical students to confront international epidemics. Global health courses teach medical students how to treat patients from diverse backgrounds, experts say. (HAYATIKAYHAN/GETTY IMAGES) When an epidemic emerges, it often crosses national borders, which requires doctors from various countries to collaborate to stop the outbreak …

With a new Congress and president, student loan borrowers and prospective students should expect changes to the current federal student loan program. “A lot of people don’t know that a lot of federal loan program funding is rolled up in the Affordable Care Act,” says Stephen Dash, CEO and founder …

Prospective international students can get a better idea of just how much a U.S. undergraduate education will cost by creating a budget as part of their college search and planning process. In order to create a realistic budget, students need to factor in educational costs, living expenses and personal expenses, …